The new Audi R10 TDI remains the sportscar to beat at its first race after its historic victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans: The two diesel sportscars of Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro and their teammates, Allan McNish and Dindo Capello, start the fifth round of the American Le Mans Series in Salt Lake City, UT from the front row once again.

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In the space of just over a week, Toyota’s Formula 1 activities have taken it from the legendary wide open banking of Indianapolis to a course just 384 metres long inside ExCeL, the new home of the British International Motor Show. The vast exhibition hall in London’s Docklands was the arena for the UK’s first indoor F1 trial on Monday, with the Panasonic Toyota Racing TF105 demonstrating its prodigious straight-line acceleration and braking power for BBC Television’s Top Gear programme.

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The NISMO GT500 championship winning Japanese Touring Car 350Z made its first appearance at Goodwood a memorable one yesterday by claiming the fastest time up the hill of 49.5 seconds. In fact, the Z was one of only two cars to break the 50 second barrier. This result is even more remarkable given that championship winning driver Richard Lyons had never been up the tricky and narrow hill climb circuit before.

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Renault celebrated its motor racing heritage in spectacular fashion at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2006 with a display of cars spanning the 100 years between its first and most recent Grand Prix victories. Giancarlo Fisichella was the main draw for the tens of thousands of fans who flocked to the West Sussex venue on Sunday 9th July, driving last season’s Formula One World Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship-winning R25.

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Audi's history-making diesel-powered R10 TDI sports-prototype, which won the Le Mans 24 Hours last month, came close to beating a Harrier GR7 "Jump Jet" multi-role combat aircraft in a race at RAF Wittering in England yesterday (6 July).

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Our editors have compiled a list of the 10 most striking Formula One crashes ever. Some were tragic and some with a happy ending, but surely no crash that we chose here will leave you indifferent.

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This weekend (7, 8, 9, July) Monza will echo to the sound of more than 80 Ferrari V8 engines as the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli moves to Italy for Round 4 with the GB team looking to get on the podium yet again. The famous circuit at Monza will present a full weekend of motorsport action with the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli hosting both the European and Italian Championships plus the Italian GT Championship. The Ferrari Challenge Dealer Team GB heads off to Italy with a track record that includes a podium finish in every round of the 2006 championship.

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The final chapter held a fairytale ending for the "old girl’s” last ever race: Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) steered their Audi R8 home to an amazing and emotional victory at Lime Rock Park – the final race for the most successful Le Mans Prototype of all time.

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Ferrari GB was again on the podium this weekend during the Ferrari Racing Days at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. Ross Kaiser the leading driver in the Ferrari Challenge Dealer Team GB fought a tough battle to take 3rd place in the Trofeo Pirelli in his F430 Challenge car. Ferrari Racing Days bring together Ferrari owners and fans in a sporting weekend with Shell Historic cars, 18 Ferrari Formula 1 cars and the largest gathering of Ferrari FXX cars in Europe this year. Around 400 Ferrari owners brought their road cars to the Spa circuit in sweltering temperatures and saw wheel to wheel racing in the 3rd round of the European Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli. Spa-Francorchamps is a favourite circuit of many Ferrari drivers and in particular the challenge of the Eau Rouge section which requires skill and bravery in equal measure, and in both the Trofeo Pirelli and Coppa Shell the drivers had to fight for every place.

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Fernando Alonso has won today’s Canadian Grand Prix after a masterful drive, to beat Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen.

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